{"id":486851,"date":"2026-06-20T09:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/486851\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T09:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:50:08","slug":"the-warrior-princess-and-the-barbaric-king-anime-previews-climax-in-new-video-visual-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/486851\/","title":{"rendered":"The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King Anime Previews Climax in New Video, Visual &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Final episode airs on June 25<\/p>\n<p>The staff for the television <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2024-10-03\/the-barbarian-bride-fantasy-comedy-manga-gets-2025-tv-anime\/.216331\" data-pasted=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">anime<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=243892\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Noriaki Kotoba<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=33646\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=28496\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hime Kishi wa Barbaroi no Yome<\/a>) manga revealed a new visual and promotional video on Saturday previewing the show&#8217;s climax. The final episode will air on June 25.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n            \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"424\" alt=\"climax-visual\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.9\/238722\/climax-visual.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Kadokawa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 \u30b3\u30c8\u30d0\u30ce\u30ea\u30a2\u30ad\u30fb\u8b1b\u8ac7\u793e\uff0f\u300c\u59eb\u9a0e\u58eb\u306f\u86ee\u65cf\u306e\u5ac1\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"427\" alt=\"hmk_kv2nd_rgb\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max300x600\/cms\/news.9\/233139\/hmk_kv2nd_rgb.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Kadokawa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u30b3\u30c8\u30d0\u30ce\u30ea\u30a2\u30ad\u30fb\u8b1b\u8ac7\u793e\/\u300c\u59eb\u9a0e\u58eb\u306f\u86ee\u65cf\u306e\u5ac1\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p>The show debuted on April 9 at 9:30 p.m. on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=518\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AT-X<\/a>, and also airs on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=13028\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tokyo MX<\/a>, BS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=124\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NTV<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=11907\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansai TV<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=7606\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crunchyroll<\/a> is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-08-02\/crunchyroll-to-stream-this-monster-wants-to-eat-me-my-status-as-an-assassin-6-more-anime\/.227280\" data-pasted=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">streaming<\/a> the anime as it airs worldwide excluding Japan and mainland China and is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-04-23\/the-warrior-princess-and-the-barbaric-king-rent-a-girlfriend-season-5-anime-reveal-english-dub-casts\/.236725\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">streaming<\/a> an English dub. The anime was originally slated to debut in October 2025 but was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-09-03\/the-warrior-princess-and-the-barbaric-king-anime-delayed-from-october-2025-to-april-2026\/.228387\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">delayed<\/a> to April 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=24475\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Takayuki Tanaka<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=6291\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baldr Force EXE<\/a>) is directing the anime at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=9084\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jumondo<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=7610\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miya Asakawa<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=6703\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shonen Onmyouji<\/a>) is in charge of series scripts.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=16877\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Masayoshi Kikuchi<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=25253\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist In Another World<\/a>) is credited as the main character designer, while\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=38827\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mayumi Fujita<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=154040\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hajime Hatakeyama<\/a>\u00a0are credited for character design, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=153210\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lo Ho Kim<\/a>\u00a0as sub-character designer. Kikuchi, Fujita, Hatakeyama, and Kim are also all credited as chief animation directors.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=193972\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arisa Okehazama<\/a>\u00a0is composing the music.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=202743\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mayu Maeshima<\/a>\u00a0performs the opening theme song &#8220;Beautiful&#8221; and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=178585\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sajou no hana<\/a>\u00a0performs the ending theme song &#8220;Shiru Beki Koto.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=5286\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seven Seas Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2024-05-15\/seven-seas-licenses-the-barbarian-bride-my-dear-detective-mitsuko-case-files-2-more-manga\/.210853\" data-pasted=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">releasing<\/a>\u00a0the manga in English under the title\u00a0The Barbarian&#8217;s Bride, and it describes the story:<\/p>\n<p>Serafina de Lavillant, the strongest female knight in the West, was sent to subjugate the barbaric tribes of the East. But when her mission fails spectacularly, she&#8217;s captured alive and imprisoned. Humiliated and dreading what horrific torture she&#8217;ll endure, she asks to be put to death. To her surprise, rather than tearing her limb from limb, the tribe leader asks for her hand\u2026in marriage! Will Serafina face a cruel and abusive arranged marriage? Or will she discover that these tribes aren&#8217;t as barbaric as she was led to believe?<\/p>\n<p>Kotoba launched the series in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=88\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kodansha<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=12660\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bessatsu Sh\u014dnen Magazine<\/a> in January 2021. Kodansha shipped the 11th compiled book volume on April 9. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=24071\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">K MANGA<\/a> is also releasing the manga in English digitally under the title The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Press release<\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the majority owner of Anime News Network, LLC. One or more of the companies mentioned in this article are part of the Kadokawa Group of Companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Final episode airs on June 25 The staff for the television anime\u00a0of\u00a0Noriaki Kotoba&#8216;s\u00a0The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-486851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}